Happy Birthday, Richard Rogers

The Pritzker Prize-winning British architect Richard Rogers was born on July 23, 1933 in Florence, Italy. His early years didn't seem promising. Richard Rogers suffered dyslexia and didn't excel in school. But, after a scrape with the law and a stint in the military, Rogers decided to follow in the footsteps of an architect cousin. The rest is history.

See drawings and photos of Rogers' grand yet transparent buildings in our Richard Rogers Picture Gallery >>

^{Illustration: Plan for Tower 3 at the new World Trade Center by Richard Rogers Partnership. Photomontage by Team Macarie, Courtesy Richard Rogers Partnership}